Hose-supporter for apparel-corsets.



D. KOPS. HOSE SUPPORTER FOR APPAREL OORSETS..

APPLIOATI'ON FILED AUG. 11, 1911. 1,042, 1 25. Patented 001;. 22

' UNITED STATES EPATIZNT @TFltfilll.

DANIEL noes, or New Yon-K, N. Y.

HOSE-SUPPORTER FOR APPAREL-CORSETS.

supporter;adapted to be applied to an ap-.

parelcorsct, and which device may, by the wearer, be lengthened or shortened to meet the upper end of the hose for attachment thereto, under the desired tension.

The prevailing style of corset is provided -with a long skirt below the front steels'and the stays, and with the prevailing long hose it often happens that the upper end of the hose and the lower edge of the corset skirt come into such'close relation that the usual hose supporters, attached to a corset, are so long that 1t is quite impossible to connect them with the hose and establish the desired tension or any tension at all, as it is substantially impossible'to regulate their length to such extent, and thus the hose supporter function is entirely prevented.

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ for my improved hose supporter, an elastic webbing, an inelastic part, a supporter clasp for the hose on a runner, and a device near the end of the elastic webbing for adjustable connection with the 'inelastic part which is to be secured to or form a substantial part of the corset.

In the preferred formof my invent-ion, the elastic and inelastic parts are of webbing and integral, and a series of spaced eyelets are placed in the inelastic parts. This latter is sewed to the skirt of the corset at the front, and upon the under side from the lower end of the steel down the skirt. The end ofthe elastic part is provided with-an adjusting device, preferably a hook, and the I In the drawing webbing passes through the loopof the runner connected with the hose supporter clasp. The hook is adapted for connection 'with any one of the eyelets in establishing the adjusted position of the hose supporter to engage the hose and-produce the tension de sired.

Figure 1 is an elevation at the lower front portion of a corset from the inside, showing the preferred form of my improved hose supporter, andFig. 2, in

larger size, is an edgewise view of the said Kors, a citi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented one 22,1912.

1, 1911. Serial N0. 643, l81.

hose supporter. Fig, 3 is an elevation at the lower frontportion of the corset, also from the inside like Fig. l, but the reverse side of the corset, showing a modification of the hose supporter of my invention, andFig. 4, in larger size, is an edgewise view of the said hose supporter and the edge of. the corset secured. Fig. 5 is an elevationat the lower front portion of'a corset from the inside showing a further form of my invention.

Similar letters and numerals of reference in the several figures indicate the same'parts. The parts of the corset proper at the front are shown at a a, and the prolongations or skirts at a a 5 represents the front steels in dotted lines and 6 a part of the boning of a corset,

, also in dotted lines.

o 0 represents the parts ofthe fastening device of the skirts below the steels.

(Z represents the supporter clasps which are of usual and well-known character, and (Z the loop of the supporter clasps through which the elastic part. c of the webbing passes, and I prefer, in connection with this loop (Z to employ a roller 3 for the runner, whereby the elastic webbing easily drawn through the loop (Z and the adjustment is a rolling rather than a sliding action, al

though. it will be understood that I may dispense with this roller 3.

c of Figs. 1 and 2, is the inelastic part of the webbing, which is preferably formed integral with the elastic part, and on the free end of the elastic part c, a hook f is secured. The inelastic part isprovided with a series of eyelets 2, substantially spaced apart and placed in the inelastic part, preferably near the inner edge, thatis, the edge distant from the central skirt edge of the corset. The inelastic part is sewed to the skirt, preferably across the top and'along the inner edge, and the upper end of the inelastic part is placed justbelow the front steels I), consequently, it is attached in its length to the skirt.

The book f is adapted to engage any one of the eyelets 2 in adjusting the length of the hose supporter, according to the position of the hose and the reach that is required from thelower edge of the skirt to thehose.

Between the inelastic part e and the skirt a of the corset, there is produced a form of pocket to receive the point of the hook so that the outer clothing may not accidentally engage the point of the hook and unhook I do not limit my invention, in any re 'spect, by the length of the inelastic portion 6 or by the length of the elastic portion 6,

p or by the number of eyelets or the exact location of the same inthe inelastic part.

In the form of my invention, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, 71, represents the elastic part of the webbing, and b the inelastic part, andv particularly from the side elevation, Fig. 4

it will be noticed that the elastic part-h is secured at one end to the loweredge-of the skirt a that the elastic part passes through the loop d of thesupporter clasp, and at its upperend is securedto a slip buckle 2'; The inelastic part is securedto the skirt andan overlying strip of fabric a at about the center of the skirt, or, in other words, about midway between the lower end of the steel 7) and the lower edge of the skirt, and this inelastic part passes through the two slots of the, slip buckle 71 over the center bar, and the inelastic part is held by friction of aster. tuous passage through the buckle. The adjustment for length, in this'form ofiny invention, is effected entirely at the buckle by drawing up on the inelastic part or by lengthening out on thesame. In thisform of my invention I do not limit myself to the elastic and inelastic parts of any particular length, nor to the exact placeof attachment of said elastic and inelastic parts.

The device of my invention," either as shown in Figs. land 2, or as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, is adapted. for use at other parts of the corset than directly at the front, and the same may also besold as articles of merchandiseprepared to be connected to a corset by the wearer.

' In the form of my invention shown Fig. 5, the skirt at the front edge from the lower edge of the steel to the lower edge of the skirt is preferably strengthened by a strip Z and the eyelets 2 are placed in this strip or even through this strip and the overlying skirt. The elastic webbing'm is secured at one end to th e'lower edge of the skirt and lower end of the strip Z and the opposite end of the elastic webbing is provided with a hook as f. A supporter clasp (Z, as hereinbefore shown, is threaded by its I loop. (if and runner on the elastic webbing m means and the adjustinentis effectedas hereinbefore described with reference to-I igs. 1 and- 2. In this form of my invention I do not limit myself to. the length of the eyelet strip,

the number of the eyelets or the length of;

the elastic webbing, or particularly to the character of the hook-f or other engaging device." It will also be understood that I eyelets 2 in 51 lower portion of the skirt of the cor'set, withoutdeparting from the nature and spirit-'of myqinvention.

. I claim as my mventlonz 1.; The combination with a corset having a skirt, of an'elastic webbing secured to the lower edge of the skirt and returned on tening having a loop through which the webbing slidingly passes, an inelastic webbing secured to the corset in a plane higher than the fastening of the elastic part, and a fastening device carried'by the free end of theelastic part-and adapted for adjustable .maydispense with the strip Z and place the I connection with said inelastic member, the

strain of said connection being borne by the part adapted to be secured to the corset, and

anelastic part adapted for tension, the latter being a substantial prolongation of the other and supported thereby, a supporter" olasp having aloop through which the elastic part passes for running movement, and a device near the end of the elastic part for adjustable connection with the inelastic part.

3. A hose supporter for apparel corsets, comprising a webbing having integral inelastic and elastic'parts, the inelastic part adapted to be secured to the under side of the corset, and the elastic part adapted for tension in a. plane below the inelastic part, a Q

supporter clasp having a loop through which the elasticpart passes, ahook device near the end oft-he elastic part, and eyelets .inthe inelastic part for adjustable connec tion with the said device. V Signedby'me this 7th day of August 1 911. I, I, p I DANIEL KOPS.

Witnesses A 1 g Gno. T. PINonNnY, MARY E. LELAND.

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